Object as Metaphor;
Basic microphone technique;
Solve techie problems instantly:
What to do when the club's sound & lights go out? (4:42)
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Why these distances can easily change from night to night, even at the same club.

What do you do if the mic falls apart?How not to get caught flat-footed:
Learn how to smoothly solve predictable techie issues long before you step
onto any full time comedy club stage.
You are not to comment or draw attention to technical issues.
You are expected to be able to solve all technical problems on the
fly!

What is your plan of attack if the house loses electricity such that
both the sound system goes out and the lights shut off?
Hint: you must execute said plan without interrupting your routine.
Bring your own solution to this hardly hypothetical problem to Lesson One.
No:
The answer is not in my Workbook.
After you make your best guess, write it down.
Then, see what I did when Rob Schneider tried to run out on me!
Relax: this story has a very happy ending.
My answer can be found in both a "Comedy
Kitchen" video
and "a trip down memory lane with Rob Schneider."

How loud is too loud, or too soft on a mic, and why?
How to achieve normal sound, avoid distorted sound.
On mike, off mike jokes.
Common beginner mistakes which tip off club owners "this is a rank amateur" vs.
how to appear more experienced than you really are!
Tip: Wow everyone by wading into the crowd, aka "When I walk amongst
them!"
This, while
still smoothly
sharing your mic with selected audience members.
Where the stand must end up before you exit the stage, and why?

Researched
material available in Index to Jim's workbook "The Fundamentals of Stand-Up
Comedy," pages 353-608
Old jokes you can use: dangers to avoid.
Quotations you can use, if you credit the authors.
Jim's related Audio/Workbook Packages
Performance, Marketing, Character & Joke Writing

Video
feedback: get notes on your open mic performance at the beginning of Lesson One
—
Now, you can see how to do it right, and with power!

Discover the real
math that makes the difference between the Little League standards
of your local comedy scene and the Major League standards of national broadcast
television.
Compare/contrast all the comics we have studied in Workshop Lessons 1-4.
What separates the character of the comic having a successful first time
national TV appearance from those not so successful?
What makes these budding comedy stars so very different from the “saloon” players
whose acts do not translate into the “big leagues” of
national television?
In other words, by this point in our study of “The Fundamentals of
Stand-Up Comedy,”what is your current personal profile of the “ideal” stand-up
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Because
standards were measurably higher during that era
in terms of both laughs per
minute (LPM)
and joke writing that had class.
Here is a for instance —
After a new comic performed his first very, very successful set on "The Tonight
Show starring Johnny Carson,"
instead of going directly to a commercial break,
Johnny as "King" would hold up his arm to make the sponsors wait.
Instead of selling more product,
Johnny would
invite said comic
to take the seat directly to stage right of the King on "the
panel,"
and tell some more jokes.
For that comic's career, it was considered the equivalent of being
knighted!